diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c b/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c
index b806deb29e634787822a4f82e8ca8d6c0e76dc8a..7ecee761ae2dbbb6758a94188d8ac4017ab08486 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ static void local_r4k_flush_cache_sigtramp(void * arg)
 		__asm__ __volatile__ (
 			".set push\n\t"
 			".set noat\n\t"
-			".set mips3\n\t"
+			".set "MIPS_ISA_LEVEL"\n\t"
 #ifdef CONFIG_32BIT
 			"la	$at,1f\n\t"
 #endif